Lloyd Library & Museum

The Lloyd Library and Museum is a world renowned independent research library and exhibit space devoted to bringing science, art and history to life.

Mission Statement:  We are a knowledge bridge, uniting our rich historical and contemporary nature-based collections with global and local learners. Seeking to grow, connect, sustain and impact our community the Lloyd Library and Museum has developed a Strategic Plan.

Considered one of Cincinnati’s treasures, the Lloyd Library and Museum was established by three brothers, John Uri, Nelson Ashley, and Curtis Gates Lloyd, pharmacists who manufactured botanical drugs in Cincinnati beginning in the late 19th century. With a focus on medicinal plants, botany, and pharmacy, the Library also features complementary subjects including chemistry, natural history, voyages and travels, agriculture, and horticulture. Our collections span rare books, manuscripts, photographs, medicinal products, original art, and artifacts dating from 1493 to the present.

The Lloyd Library and Museum showcases its resources and history through The George Rieveschl, Jr. History of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Exhibit, featuring the Lloyd Cold Still, a Lloyd brothers’ invention used in the research and production of plant based medicine, and changing exhibits highlighting Lloyd collections and research themes.

The Lloyd serves as an inspiration to scientists, historians, artists, gardeners, members of the natural health movement, and the public at large.